No clean break court order in divorce means no protection in the future.

Sometimes it does feel like this is all we talk about as a family team on Social Media, but the reality is that this continues to be a major problem with many people we speak to. Every week we speak to someone who did the divorce without using a solicitor. We always ask them two questions:

  1. Did you reach an agreement about the house, pensions, savings etc?

  2. If so, did you then put that in to a clean break Financial Order and file it at court for a District Judge to approve?

Without fail the answer to 2 is always NO, we didn’t know you had to. We then have the difficult conversation about their ex spouse, sometimes of many years or even decades, still having valid claims against them. If the ex spouse was the one who brought the divorce, we talk about those claims being valid for the rest of their life until there is a court order. We see faces turn pale as they consider the accumulation of wealth over the years that they thought was safe and is now at risk.

Our advice- don’t do the divorce yourself, turn to the highly qualified experts who have trained and gained years of experience. Get our advice and let us help protect your family finances for now and the future.

Philip Porter is a Law Society Approved Family Law Advanced specialist (Finances) and is one of very few in the North West region with this level of qualification. It is gained through almost 30 years specialising in this area of law. Contact Fiona Bruce Solicitors on 01925 263273, or email rbruce@fionabruce.co.uk and ask him to help.

The contents of this post do not constitute legal advice and are provided for general information purposes only.

The contents of this post do not constitute legal advice and are provided for general information purposes only ■